Xiao Ming knew he didn't have much time left. He quickly stretched his hand forward to Gu Zombie Xuan Wu, who handed him the cocoon with memories before directly splitting Xuan Wu's head apart. Inside it was a white jade cocoon as big as a small watermelon.
Caterpillar crawled on top of it and looked at Xiao Ming as if demanding he quickly pick it up from Xuan Wu's corpse. Xiao Ming didn't complain much either and quickly snatched it and put it in his system inventory.
His Six Eyes told him that more and more cultivators were coming in his direction, so he must leave this place quickly. With a clap of his hand, he shifted the space using Limitless, allowing him to disappear from the crime scene.
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Xiao Ming looks at his surroundings, sensing no hostility around himself. He finally lets out a sigh and swallows the memory cocoon he got from Xuan Wu. Soon, with the sweet taste, the stream of memories and experiences rushes into his mind.
"So this is where you were." Raspy and an old voice comes from behind him as the space distorted revealing the old man once again. Half of his body is covered in water armor which was slowly healing him.
'Space Manipulation?'
Xiao Ming glanced at his unnaturally twisted arm, which was still healing, and said in a cold tone. "You wanna challenge me again?" Upon hearing his words the old man let out an eerie laugh and said coldly. "Oh, how courageous the youngsters have become. Just because they learned some particular technique allowed them to manipulate the space. Now you thought you were invincible?"
As the old man speaks, he starts bleeding from his mouth, and a strange red downside triangle-shaped mark appears on his forehead. "I never thought that I Hun Lan proud Dou Zun (Dou Venerate) will be in n Lan proud Dou Zun (Dou Venerate) will be in his sorry state. Damn you Gu Clan!"
Xiao Ming's eyes glowed faint blue, allowing him to see that inside the old man's body, two different kinds of Dou Qi. One was vastly stronger than the other; the weaker one had a familiar cyan color, while the other one had a deep red color like blood.
The red one was using the cyan one like a cloak covering its true color. "Are you from Hun Clan? Then you must be from The Hall Of Souls."
"Hehe, so you know your things after all. What? Scared? Wanna beg for mercy? You are a truly courageous one, kiddo, killing the target I was keeping my eyes on." He then looked at his still-okay hand and clenched it a few times. "If it weren't for that hateful Gu Clan I wouldn't have been stuck with this worthless vessel. I was saving some Soul Points to exchange for a better vessel. But because of your intervention, I lost Xuan Wu's soul."
"Hehe, how are you going to compensate for it?" As the red Dou Qi grows stronger, tearing apart the cyan one, Hun Lan's aura also grows stronger. Xiao Ming frowns as he feels the proud Hun Clan member growing beyond reach of his current level.
Space-related abilities are considered special in any Xianxia novel, and Battle Through The Heavens is no different. It's a special ability that only the final five or so realms of the Dou cultivation system could use. Allowing Xiao Ming basically absolute defense effect against most of the cultivators, but sadly, this one was Dou Zun. One of the few realms that can control the space, allowing him to pass the Limitless technique is Infinity.
Perhaps the space manipulation will allow Hun Lan to escape from domain expansion, so he decides not to use it on him till the situation demands him to do so. After all, once the domain is failed, he won't be able to use his Limitless for a while.
A frown appears on his face. This is the first time in a while that he faces an opponent he doesn't have a complete advantage over. Perhaps he should not hold back his cards on this one; with that thought in his mind, he prepared to equip [Gang Ryong]'s template, but Hun Lan wasn't going to give him a chance to think.
His speed was even greater than before, the moment he moved, the ground behind him shattered, and the air around him distorted. A loud bang could be heard as the wall of air formed in front of him shattered. Hun Lan's hand-forming claw, covered in invisible force, easily reaps Infinity apart, almost ripping a piece of meat from Xiao Ming's neck.
Xiao Ming, who anticipated his attack before he started moving, already shifted his position using Limitless, appearing behind Hun Lan with a small red sphere in his hand. Hun Lan, who was pushing his vessel to its limit, allowed him to temporarily use part of his power as Dou Zun, also sensed the movement of space around Xiao Ming.
Dou Qi Technique: Water Dragon Turtle Shield! Rank: Low Di!
Cursed Technique: Red
Hun Lan's body is covered in an armor of water. As small ripples appear on it, the water shield shoots out several hundred small water spears at high speed. Rippling space and spears of water clashed as it repelled all the water away from itself. "Tsk, annoying brat."
Hun Lan's finger is pointed at the ground, and he lifts his finger. A huge amount of water sprouts out from the ground while dodging from the red sphere by sidestepping. But he wasn't prepared for what was coming towards him on the other end. A blue orb of imaginary space hit him on the space.
But surprisingly, Blue Sphere missed the shot as the figure of Hun Lan started distorting. He twisted the space around himself, distorting the direction the Blue Sphere was heading. "You aren't the only one that plays with the space, you brat!"
A smirk appeared on Xiao Ming's calm face, and he said. "Cursed Technique: Hollow Purple."
"Hmm?!" Water sprouted out from the ground, now covering the floor, and swallowed him completely as his figure instantly merged with the water; Xiao Ming's eyes glowed in blue colors before moving his hand, and blue and red spheres merged, creating a purple one that directly distorted the space around it, completely as if erasing it.
'What kind of trick is this?!' Even as Dou Zun, it was hard to directly affect the space like this, but this young man, who is merely at the low level of Dou Zhe, was able to do it. Hun Lan, who merged with the water using the secret Dou Qi Method, tried to hide underground, afraid of getting hit by this terrifying orb of energy.
Sadly, even he wasn't safe from Six Eyes detection ability as the small sphere rushed into the ground, shattering Hun Lan's horror sphere perfectly chased after him, leaving him no choice but to manifest himself and use even more of Dou Zun's realm's the ability to manipulate the space. His head was spinning, and his mind was tingling, making him want to throw up blood, but he held himself, ignoring the pain. As long as his soul lived, he could buy another vessel easily from the Hall Of Souls, so losing this vessel was acceptable to him.
He extended his hand towards the sphere. The palm of his skin was torn apart, his flesh was smashed into mist, and even his arm was shattered, but thanks to that sacrifice, he managed to dispel Hollow Purple using space manipulation. "Argh!" even though he said to himself it was okay to sacrifice the vessel, the pain of using the power of Dou Zun with the body of Dou Ling was nothing to laugh at. Even someone like Dou Zun can't help but wail in pain.
He gritted his teeth in anger and crawled out from the underground using whatever power he had remained. "Where are you?! Show yourself you damn brat! Let's do this like a proper, man! How about a fight of physical myth, huh?! You aren't scared of a frail old man in that aspect, right?!"
Due to the pain and situation he is in, his mind isn't exactly in its best state, causing his taunt to be more into child throwing tantrums than anything else. Trying to have a hand-to-hand match with someone in Dou Zhe's realm using the body of Dou Ling. He knew that Xiao Ming wouldn't fall to his taunt. After all, he hadn't completely lost his mind yet.
"What's wrong?! Scared of little old me?!" Seeing no reaction from the target, Hun Lan got an idea, which was that Xiao Minghads had reached his limit. No matter how genius Xiao Ming was, he couldn't use several big moves like Blue, Red, and Hollow one after another and be okay, right?
And he would be wrong on that part; a familiar purple light appeared behind him, and his facial expression turned into one of pure horror. The terrifying thing about space is its ability to affect anything, even the soul itself. That's why Hun Lan desperately dispelled Hollow Purple just now. "W-what exactly are you?..."
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